* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:05] ORDER. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE. I WANNA START BY SAYING THAT, UM, STARTING THIS CHAPTER AS HAVING THE HONOR TO CHAIR THIS GROUP, I'M GONNA ASK FOR YOUR, YOUR HELP, YOUR GRACE, UM, AND, UM, I'M GONNA NEED IT, I'M SURE ALONG THE WAY, I, I HAVE A LOT OF APPRECIATION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT IS RUNNING THIS WORLD CLASS AIRPORT FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE TAKING THEIR VALUABLE TIME TO VOLUNTEER AND A LOT TO BE PROUD OF IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND, UH, A BIG AGENDA TODAY. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DIVE RIGHT IN, RIGHT, JASON. UM, WE HAVE TWO BRAND NEW MINTED COMMISSIONERS WITH US, AND I WANT TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND. WE WOULD MAYBE GO AROUND THE HORN AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF INTRODUCTIONS. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE SUCH A FULL AGENDA, WE MAY DO THAT AT THE END. BUT SINCE WE DO HAVE, UH, BOTH MIKE AND SUSAN HERE, NEW, UH, ARRIVALS TO THE COMMISSION, I WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYBODY'S SAKE, THE PUBLIC, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, PROFESSIONAL STAFF, JUST TO PAUSE AND SAY, HEY, SCOTT, COME ON IN. THERE'S ROOM FOR YOU HERE. UM, WE'D, WE'D LIKE TO PAUSE AND JUST SAY, MIKE, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR GREAT STORY AND WELCOME, WELCOME HERE TO THE COMMISSION. YEAH, THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, VERY EXCITED TO JOIN THE COMMISSION, UH, MIKE TRIMBLE. UM, I'M MY BACKSTORY. UH, CURRENTLY I'M THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AT THE CITY OF KYLE. UH, PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS TO THAT, I WAS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AT HNTB, WORKING ON LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS, AND THEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS AN EMPLOYEE FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS. UM, AND JUST RECENTLY RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHICH I'M GLAD TO SAY SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO COME BACK AND, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY AGAIN, UH, IN THIS CAPACITY. AND, UH, EXCITED TO CONTRIBUTE AS PART OF THIS COMMISSION. WELCOME ABOARD, MIKE. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERSECT YOU OVER TIME, AND I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED YOUR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, INCLUDING THIS ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUSAN. WELCOME, WELCOME ABOARD. UM, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. SUSAN RIETTA. UM, I'VE BEEN PRACTICING CIVIL ENGINEERING IN AUSTIN SINCE 97. UM, I'VE SERVED ON THE AUSTIN WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION FOR 12 PLUS YEARS. UM, SO RECENTLY CAME OFF THAT, AND I'M STILL CURRENTLY ON THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO I'VE BEEN VERY ENGAGED IN AUSTIN SINCE 97. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, PAST AND PRESENT, SUSAN, AND WELCOME. UM, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER MEDO IS HERE. WELCOME SCOTT, AND THAT ONLINE, UH, COMMISSIONER BROCK AND C**N ARE BOTH HERE. CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY? ALL THAT GOOD? GREAT. LET'S GO TO, UM, THE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATION PORTION OF THIS AGENDA. THERE ARE, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK IN THIS PORTION. I'M LOOKING. WE CAN KEEP MOVING. GREAT. WELL, LET'S [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] MOVE FORWARD TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES THEN. IS THERE A MOTION MINUTES ARE IN YOUR PACKET. UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? WE HAVE APPROVAL. GREAT. AND A SECOND. GREAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HENDRICKS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A, A MEDIA AGENDA HERE, AND, UM, JUST TO ZOOM OUT FOR A SECOND, THIS IS MORE FOR MY BENEFIT. MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT FOR MIKE AND SUSAN. SUSAN, YOU'RE A COMMISSION VETERAN, SO YOU COULD PROBABLY TEACH US. UM, BUT LET ME JUST SAY THE RCA REQUEST FOR COUNSEL ACTION PORTION OF OUR AGENDAS GENERALLY ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US WHERE WE SPEND THE, THE BULK OF OUR TIME, RIGHT? WE MOVE THROUGH THOSE AGENDA ITEMS. AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S SIX THROUGH 16 HEAVY AGENDA. NOT USUALLY MIKE, THIS, THIS, UH, THIS LONG, BUT TODAY IT'S A LITTLE LONGER. AND THEN YOU, YOU CAN SEE AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE, UM, THE AGENDA, WE'LL START WITH STAFF BRIEFINGS, WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. THOSE USUALLY ARE SPECIFICALLY THE RCAS. WE'LL DISCUSS AT THE END THOSE DISCUSSION ITEMS. AND WE'LL, I'LL DAYLIGHT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE GET THERE. BUT JUST TO SAY, GENERALLY, WE LOOK BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT COUNCIL HAS APPROVED SUBSEQUENT TO OUR PRIOR COMMISSION HEARINGS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHECK-IN ON COUNCIL ACTION. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO JUST BE THAT THOUGH. WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN AGENDIZE OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS IN THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA AS WELL. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IN THE BACKEND. [00:05:01] SO WE ALWAYS HAVE THE BENEFIT OF STARTING WITH OUR STAFF BRIEFINGS. AND I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SIMPLY SAY HERE THAT TALKING IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING AND WANTING TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF EVERYBODY'S TIME, WE'RE GONNA MOVE THROUGH THIS AT A QUICK PACE TREETOP LEVEL, AND NOT GO MAYBE AS DEEP AS WE NORMALLY DO ON THESE GOOD BRIEFINGS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO MUCH TO DISCUSS IN THE RCA PORTION. SO WITH [2. Briefing on March 2025 Financial Results presented by Rajeev Thomas, Chief Financial Officer] THAT, UM, MR. THOMAS? YES, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UH, RAJIV THOMAS, UH, CFO FOR THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT. I'LL JUST START WITH THE STATS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. UM, TOTAL PASSENGERS WERE DOWN 3.4% AND PLANE MINUTES, WERE DOWN ABOUT 2.9%, UH, VERSUS PRIOR YEAR, YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE DOWN ABOUT FISCAL YEAR TO DATE, THAT IS OCTOBER THROUGH MARCH. WE ARE DOWN ABOUT 4.5% IN TERMS OF UNEMPLOYMENTS FOR THE FULL YEAR. SO WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO IN TERMS OF, UM, OUR REVENUES IS OUR REVENUE STILL CAME IN VERSUS PRIOR YEAR UP ABOUT 11%, UH, YEAR TO DATE FISCAL YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE UP 10% OR $15.6 MILLION HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. UH, BUT OUR, OUR EXPENSES ARE 9.2%. UH, THIS IS MARCH YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT WE EXPECTED AND IS IN LINE WITH THE BUDGET. 1 MILLION FAVORABLE THAN BUDGET. AND BOTTOM LINE NET INCOME IS ABOUT 750,000 OFF OF WHERE WE WERE PACING LAST YEAR. MAINLY THAT IS DUE TO THE DECREASE IN, IN PASSENGERS THAT WE HAVE SEEN VERSUS WHAT WE EXPECTED, UH, IN OUR BUDGET, ET CETERA. UH, SO FAR VERSUS BUDGET TWO, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE, UM, OR JUST TOP LINE ACTUALLY REVENUES, WE ARE OFF ABOUT $1.2 MILLION VERSUS BUDGET. MOST OF THAT IN THE NON AIRLINE REVENUE COMPONENT, AIRLINE REVENUES ARE UP ABOUT 1.8 VERSUS 8 MILLION VERSUS BUDGET AND VERSUS BUDGET. ON THE BOTTOM LINE NET INCOME, WE ARE 1.3 MILLION FAVORABLE. THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS. ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE, FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT SUCCINCT AND GOOD PRESENTATION. UH, I THINK [3. Briefing on Air Service Update provided by Jamy Kazanoff, AUS Air Service Development] WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF, OF MS. KAZANA ON SCREEN. HI, JAMIE. HELLO. HELLO ALL. I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME WELL. UM, THE AIRLINES CONTINUE TO BE VERY COMPETITIVE AND VERY INTERESTED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. I HAD MENTIONED THAT WE MAY SEE SOME DECREASES WITH TRAVEL DEMAND, UH, DECREASING. WE DID SEE WESTJET, WHICH HAD ANNOUNCED VANCOUVER PULLBACK. WESTJET WILL NOT START VANCOUVER IN AUSTIN. AND IN THEIR STATEMENT, THEY SAID THAT WAS BECAUSE OF TRAVEL DEMAND FROM CANADA. HOWEVER, AIR CANADA HAS LOADED FOR SALE MONTREAL TO BE YEAR ROUND VERSUS SEASONAL. SO CANADA'S A MIXED BAG AND OUR MAJOR CARRIER, MAJOR NETWORK CARRIER IS, UM, ADDING SERVICE INTO AUSTIN. ALSO, NOT IN YOUR REPORT IS DELTA'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO PALM SPRINGS. THIS WILL BE SEASONAL SERVICE. ARE YOU DESERT GOLFERS? IT WILL START IN DECEMBER AND I THINK IT'LL BE A, A TERRIFIC ADDITION. IT'S CURRENTLY WAS NOT SERVED. IT WAS DROPPED BY AMERICAN WHEN AMERICAN HAD PULLED BACK. OVERALL, MAY SEATS ARE DOWN JUST 1% AND IN JUNE, THEY ARE UP 4% MORE SEATS THAN WE HAD IN JUNE OF 2024. UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THAT. LET'S SEE. UM, ONE THING I DO WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ARE FARES. I HAVE A CHART IN THE REPORT ABOUT OUR AVERAGE FARES, AND WE'VE GONE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER THE US AVERAGE. IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT. THIS INCREASE, IF YOU STARE AT THE NUMBERS LONG ENOUGH, YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST A HANDFUL OF DOLLARS AND MANY ARE TIED. UH, MANY AIRPORTS ARE TIED AT THE SAME AMOUNT. WITH THAT SAID, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR OUR FAIRES HERE IN AUSTIN AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS COMPETITIVE. AND I WANNA ALSO NOTE THAT SAN ANTONIO'S FAIRES ARE HIGHER THAN AUSTIN ACCORDING TO THIS LAST DATA. THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. KASSOFF. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAMIE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [4. Briefing on Journey with AUS (AUS AEDP/Capital Improvement Program) Active Projects provided by Lyn Estabrook, Deputy Chief Development Officer] UM, MS. ESTERBROOK, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. LYNN ESTERBROOK. I'M THE AIRPORT DEPUTY CHIEF OF DEVELOPMENT. UM, DUE TO THE LONG AGENDA TODAY, UM, THE PACKET OF, UM, THE EXPANSION PROGRAM AND EXISTING PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN IS IN YOUR PACKET STARTING ON PAGE 25. IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS, I CAN GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT, BUT I THINK I WANNA GO AHEAD, UM, AND ALLOW THE REST OF THE TIME FOR THE LONG AGENDA ITEMS. UH, TELL US, LYNN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, ABOUT MONDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT. UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S AN EVENT THERE ON SITE, RIGHT , WE'RE HAVING A GROUNDBREAKING, UM, ON MONDAY FOR THE, UM, FIS AND, UM, THAT IS A PROJECT [00:10:01] THAT IS, UM, COMPLETE AND ALLOWS US TO HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL BAGGAGE CLAIM FOR INTERNATIONAL. AND IT FLIPS BETWEEN, UM, INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC. THERE'S SOME MOVING WALLS DOWN THERE. IF YOU SEE SOME WALLS OUT IN THE CORNER, THAT'S WHAT THOSE ARE. SO IT ALLOWS US ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WHEN NEEDED. AND THE ATRIUM INFILL PROJECT, THE ATRIUM INFILLS ALSO KICKING OFF, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, THE ORDERING OF THE STEEL HAS HAPPENED AND THE CONSTRUCTION, THE FULL ON CONSTRUCTION WILL BE HAPPENING LATER THIS MONTH. UH, THE CONSTRUCTION WALLS ARE GOING UP, UM, TENTATIVELY ON THE 19TH. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. ESTHER BROOK? GREAT. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, UM, GRACE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THOSE QUICKLY. UH, AND MIKE AND SUSAN, WE'RE NOT USUALLY THIS QUICK ON THIS PORTION OF THE PROGRAM. UM, ALRIGHT, SO THE [5. Briefing on BATX Pipeline Project presented by Andy Saenz and Jake Reint on behalf of Flint Hills Resources] FIFTH ITEM ON A STAFF BRIEFING, I THINK, UH, JASON OR TRACY, DO YOU WANT TO FRAME UP, UH, THE BENEFIT OF, OF ANDY AND JAKE'S PRESENCE TODAY? YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. JASON ALEXANDER, DEPUTY CHIEF OF AIRPORT AFFAIRS FOR A US. UH, AND JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS CHANCE TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED, UH, IN COORDINATION WITH FLINT HILLS AND, UH, OS FUEL, THE, THE FUELING CONSORTIUM AT THE AIRPORT ON THIS POTENTIAL PIPELINE, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN AT THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. UH, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL WE WERE HERE, OR FLINT HILLS WAS HERE IN DECEMBER TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS PROJECT. UH, WE ARE NOW READY TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO BEAR AND BRING IT TO COUNCIL, UH, TO APPROVE OUR, UH, AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH FLINT HILLS. AND, UH, TO DO THAT, WE ARE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, AND WE THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF WRAP THINGS UP WITH ANOTHER FINAL PRESENTATION FROM FLINT HILLS. AND SO, ANDY SIGNS AND JAKE WR ARE HERE TO, UH, SPEAK TO YOU ON THAT. AND IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN THAT TO ANDY NOW. PRETTY GOOD. THANK YOU, JASON. AND, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. CHAIRMAN. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. GREAT. SEE YOU. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR PROJECT BEFORE HE GOES TO COUNCIL TO CONSIDER OUR LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY'S AIRPORT FOR THE RECORD, AGAIN, MY NAME IS ANDY SIGNS. I'M THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR FLINT HILLS RESOURCES. THIS IS JAKE RENT, MY BOSS. HE'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR OUR COMPANY. I BELIEVE THIS IS NOW THE FOURTH TIME THAT WE HAVE ATTENDED AND PROVIDED COMMENTS AT THESE MEETINGS SINCE WE ANNOUNCED OUR PROJECT TO BUILD A NEW PIPELINE, 20 MILE PIPELINE FROM BASTROP TO AUSTIN TO CARRY THE JET FUEL FOR THE AIRPORT. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, UH, FLINT HILLS RESOURCES IS A REFINING AND PIPELINE OPERATIONS COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN WICHITA, KANSAS. WE HAVE ASSETS AND OPERATIONS LOCATED PRIMARILY IN THE MIDWEST AND HERE IN TEXAS, OF COURSE, OUR TWO REFINERIES IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CONVERT TEXAS CRUDE INTO TRANSPORTATION FUEL, INCLUDING THE JET A FUEL THAT IS USED AT A US. OUR PROJECT INTENDS TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY AND EFFICIENCY OF THE AIRPORT'S FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM WHILE MEETING FUTURE DEMANDS. AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JAKE TO TAKE US TO THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION. THANKS, SANDY. UH, AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JAKE RENT. I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR FLINT HILLS RESOURCES. UH, IT'S NICE TO BE IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION AGAIN, UH, TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECT. AND, AND REALLY, UM, THIS IS THE, THE LAST, UM, BIG STEP FORWARD BEFORE WE, UH, BEGIN, UM, TO FINISH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. THAT, THAT'S CERTAINLY OUR GOAL, UH, AS A REMINDER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE, THE NEW COMMISSIONERS. UH, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE PLEASE. UM, THIS PROJECT, UH, AIMS TO IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY OF THE TRANSPORTATION FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM TO THE AUSTIN AIRPORT. AS YOU MAY KNOW, AUSTIN IS THE LARGEST AIRPORT IN THE NATION THAT CURRENTLY RELIES ON TRUCKS EVERY DAY TO KEEP IT SUPPLIED OVER A HUNDRED TRUCKS A DAY, MAKING A ROUND TRIP FROM OUR TERMINAL AT BASTROP TO THE AIRPORT. THAT'S, UH, 40 MILES. AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, UH, THAT DELIVERY SYSTEM, UH, CAN BE IMPACTED BY, UH, WEATHER CONGESTION ON 71. UM, OBVIOUSLY EVEN DRIVER AVAILABILITY CAN BE AN ISSUE. UH, AUSTIN, AS WE'VE JUST HEARD, IS A THRIVING MARKET, A GROWING MARKET, ONE OF THE FASTEST AIRPORT GROWING AIRPORTS IN, IN THE COUNTRY. AND SO THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WE BELIEVE. UM, AND, UM, IN ALL CANDOR, WE, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BEFORE COVID. UM, WE HAD HOPED, UM, BY NOW TO, TO BE RUNNING, BUT OF COURSE, COVID CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE. UM, BUT THIS MARKET, UH, CERTAINLY CAME ROARING BACK. UH, PEOPLE LOVE AUSTIN. PEOPLE LOVE VISITING HERE. AND SO, UH, WE BELIEVE THIS PROJECT'S GONNA BE, UM, VALUABLE TO THE AIRPORT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE FOLLOWED [00:15:01] IS STANDARD FOR OUR COMPANY, WHICH IS REALLY LEANS IN ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY. AND SO FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS SINCE WE ANNOUNCED THE, THE PROJECT, UM, BACK IN, UH, OCTOBER, UH, I GUESS OF, UH, 2003, UH, WE ESTABLISHED, UH, WEBSITES, UH, A NUMBER OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, UH, FEEDBACK LOOPS, UH, BEGAN MEETING WITH THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS, REALLY JUST LISTENING, UH, LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING, UH, ABOUT THE MARKET, ANY CONCERNS PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT A PROJECT LIKE THIS, AND HOW FUEL IS CURRENTLY BEING DELIVERED TO THE AIRPORT, AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IMPROVE UPON THE STATUS QUO. UH, SO THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED. WE CONTINUED WITH A VERY ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, AND AS ANDY HAS SAID, WE'VE, UH, BEEN BEFORE THIS COMMISSION. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME, UH, A NUMBER OF OPEN HOUSES, UH, AND A NUMBER OF REGULAR MEETINGS WITH, UH, KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, INCLUDING SOME LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. UH, WE'VE DONE THE SURVEYING, UH, ALL, ALL THE ENGINEERING WORK THAT'S REQUIRED TO, UM, REALLY DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE ROUTE AND THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT. UH, THAT WAS A, A, A VERY, UM, LABOR INTENSIVE PROCESS. ALTHOUGH IT'S ONLY A 20 MILE PIPELINE, THIS IS A VERY TIGHT SPACE. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CONGESTION, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OVERALL IN THIS, UH, PARTICULAR AREA. SO TO LOCATE A PIPELINE, UH, OF THIS NATURE, UM, IN AN AREA LIKE THIS CAN BE REALLY CHALLENGING. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE, UH, TO WORK WITH TDOT AND OF COURSE, THE, THE AIRPORT ON, ON FINDING A ROUTE THAT I THINK IS AS GOOD AS YOU COULD POSSIBLY ASK FOR, UH, WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT BEING EXISTING PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY ALONG TDOT. SO, UH, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, TDOT AND, AND ITS EFFORTS TO, TO HELP ACCOMMODATE THIS, THIS PIPELINE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONCE WE GET TO THE AIRPORT, PRETTY TIGHT OVER THERE TOO. AND THE AIRPORT STAFF JUST DID A REMARKABLE JOB OF FINDING THE, THE BEST LOCATION, UH, FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS PIPELINE PROJECT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON, ON THIS SLIDE, UH, THIS IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE PIPELINE PROJECT FROM OUR TERMINAL AT BASTROP, UH, TO THE AIRPORT. AND, AND AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PIPELINE FOLLOWS HIGHWAY 71. IT, IT IS IN TXDOT RIGHT AWAY, UH, WITH A SMALL PORTION, UH, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, ABOUT 12%, UH, OR I'M SORRY ABOUT, UM, YEAH, 7% RATHER, SORRY. AND THEN, UM, THE REST ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES, UH, ON AIRPORT PROPERTY, CITY PROPERTY. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT, UH, CLOSER UP OF, UM, THE REMARKABLE WORK OF THE CITY AND OUR STAFF TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UH, GET THE PIPELINE, UH, OFF OF 71 AND INTO THE AIRPORT, UH, TANKS ON AIRPORT PROPERTIES. SO YOU CAN SEE IT WINDS AROUND THERE A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, THIS WAS THE, THE BEST LOCATION, AND AGAIN, REALLY REMARKABLE WORK FROM AIRPORT STAFF TO, TO GET THIS THING FIGURED OUT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE PLANNING, UH, TO BE IN THIS LOCATION FOR 40 YEARS, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, THE LOCATION IS, IS NOT SOMETHING, UH, THAT WILL BE A PROBLEM DOWN THE ROAD FOR ANYONE. AND NEXT SLIDE. SO, IN TERMS OF OUR, OUR WHAT'S NEXT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROCESS, UH, DOES CONTINUE ON FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS. OUR HOPE IS WE'LL HAVE, UH, ALL THE NECESSARY PERMITS IN HAND, UM, CERTAINLY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO BE BEGIN CONSTRUCTION. UH, ONCE CONSTRUCTION STARTS, IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO, TO BUILD A PROJECT. UH, SO THAT'LL GO PRETTY, PRETTY QUICKLY. UM, THE PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED, I'VE LISTED A FEW OF THEM HERE, AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS FOR, FOR ANY PIPELINE PROJECT LIKE THIS. UM, AND, UH, BOTH IN TERMS OF BASTROP AND TRAVIS COUNTY LOCAL BUILDING PERMITS, UM, MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS. UM, BUT ONCE WE HAVE OUR, OUR LEASE AGREEMENT HERE, UH, WE'LL PROVE BY THE COMMISSION. AND, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH OTHER CRITICAL PERMITS OF, WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. THAT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO, UH, HIT OUR TIMELINE HORIZON, WHICH IS VERY KEY, UH, RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO FIT WITH TX DOT'S CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. UM, SO THIS PROJECT, WE'RE THREADING A NEEDLE AND WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOME WORK THAT IS OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE GOING ON, ON THE TECH OUT RIGHT AWAY. UH, WE DEFINITELY WANNA HIT THAT WINDOW AND, UH, WE THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UM, IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, HERE, UH, THIS MONTH. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, IN CLOSING, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, HOPEFULLY BEGINS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, UH, EARLY NEXT, AND, AND THEN WE'D BE IN SERVICE BY 2027. UM, I CAN'T PROMISE THE TIMING IN 2007, BUT WE ARE, UH, VERY MUCH CONFIDENT THAT, UH, COME 2000, UH, 27, WE WILL BE, UH, FLOWING JET FUEL, UH, TO THE AIRPORT. UH, THOSE A HUNDRED PLUS TRUCKS A DAY, UH, CURRENTLY SUPPLYING THE AIRPORT, UH, WILL NO LONGER, UH, BE NECESSARY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. JAKE. AND ANDY, I WANNA START BY SAYING THAT, UH, I PERSONALLY VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE INTENTIONALITY THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE UNDERTAKEN ON THIS. UH, YOU'VE BEEN ACTIVE WITH OUR COMMISSION, YOU'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU'VE BEEN ACTIVE WITH COUNSEL AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF. I, UH, [00:20:01] I'M A FATHER OF TWO SONS AND DRIVE THESE ROADS A LOT. I THINK ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FLOWING THROUGH THE GROUND INSTEAD OF ON THE ROADS. UM, SO I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND HOW YOU'VE DONE IT. UM, WITH THAT, I WANNA OPEN TO THE, TO THE COMMISSIONERS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER ELLER TWO QUESTIONS. DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY SUPPLY CHAIN RISK IMPACTING YOUR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE? MR. CHAIR? UH, COMMISSIONER ELLER, UH, AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT. UM, NOW THERE ARE ALWAYS MARKET FACTORS THAT, UM, CAN IMPACT A PROJECT AND, AND, AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE DELIVERY OF STEEL. UM, YOU KNOW, TARIFFS ARE CERTAINLY A QUESTION THAT WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, GRAPPLING WITH. UH, BUT AT THIS TIME, UH, WE BELIEVE IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DELIVER, UH, ON TIME, 7% PRIVATE EASEMENTS TO YOU. ANTICIPATE ANY LAST MINUTE HOLDS UP FOR CASH OR OTHER IN, UH, OTHER EVENTS? YEAH, SO WE'RE, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONER, WE ARE, UM, CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH A NUMBER OF LANDOWNERS. UH, WE'VE MADE PROGRESS ON SEVERAL FRONTS. UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL AGREEMENTS IN PLACE. THERE ARE A HANDFUL THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE CONDEMNATION PROCESS, WHICH, UH, AS WE'VE LEARNED, THAT TEXT DOT RIGHT AWAY HAS A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CONDEMNATION FATIGUE, BUT THAT'S BECOME KINDA THE MARKET MECHANISM FOR RESOLVING, UM, THESE, THESE DISPUTES OVER LAND VALUES. SO WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING THAT PROCESS. OUR, OUR HOPE IS WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME TO US WITH RESOLUTION IN ALL THOSE CASES. UH, BUT ULTIMATELY, UM, THAT PROCESS WILL, WILL DETERMINE, UH, FINAL JUDGEMENTS FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE IN, IN A TIMELY FASHION. THANK YOU. YES, MR. HENDRICKS? OH, THERE IT GOES. OKAY. THERE, YOU'RE, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS. UM, AS WE KNOW, TEXAS LEADS THE NATION IN, UH, JOB SITE DESKS, AND, UM, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON HERE ON THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT, UH, WORKER PROTECTIONS. SO WHAT SPECIFIC MEASURES WILL YOU BE, WILL BE IN PLACE TO ENSURE WORKER SAFETY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE PIPELINE? UH, COMMISSIONER, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. AND LET ME FIRST, UH, START OFF BY SAYING, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A REFINING AND PIPELINE COMPANY, AND SAFETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. UH, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN, UH, THAT WORK HARD, UH, EVERY DAY TO DELIVER THE FUELS THAT, UH, WE ALL DEPEND ON, INCLUDING THE JET FUEL AND, AND TRANSPORTATION FUEL. TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT. UM, SO SAFETY IS ALWAYS FIRST AND FOREMOST, BUT WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THE CITY'S STANDARDS FOR BUILD BETTER STANDARDS. AND WE ACTUALLY JUST HELD AN OPEN HOUSE, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK. THESE WEEKS ARE RUNNING TOGETHER, BUT WE JUST HELD A, AN OPEN HOUSE, UM, ON, ON THAT FRONT AND HAD GOOD, UH, GOOD ATTENDANCE. OVERALL, OUR SAFETY RECORD AND OUR INDUSTRY SAFETY RECORD IS, IS QUITE GOOD. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT OSHA STANDARDS AND OTHER STANDARDS, WE, WE MEASURE QUITE, QUITE WELL. UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, UM, YOU KNOW, SAFETY IS NEVER ANYTHING, UM, THAT YOU SAY YOU'RE DONE WITH. YOU'RE ALWAYS WORKING TO GET BETTER ALL THE TIME. UM, WE ALWAYS SAY, YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST GOOD DAY, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, SAFETY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE FACTOR. UH, ALSO IN TERMS OF WHO WE AWARD THE CONTRACTS TOO, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROVEN CONTRACTORS WITH A ROBUST SAFETY RECORD. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE QUALITY, UH, CRAFTS AS WELL. UH, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THESE PIPELINES ARE BUILT IN A WAY THAT WILL LAST FOR 40 YEARS AND, AND, AND BE VERY, VERY SAFE. UH, SO ALL THOSE STANDARDS, UH, ARE CERTAINLY STANDARDS THAT, THAT WE HOLD VERY, VERY HIGH. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, SO, UM, YOU, YOU STATED THAT YOU'LL FOLLOW ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO INCLUDE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM. UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UM, WILL THE PROJECT, UH, PRIORITIZE HIRING FROM A DOL REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS? WE ARE FOLLOWING THE STANDARD PROCESS THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND WE'LL BE RECEIVING ALL, ALL BIDS AS APPROPRIATE. UM, AND WILL, UH, CONTINUE TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT. UH, AS WELL, I THINK WE'VE SET UP, IF NOT ALREADY, WE WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, WITH THOSE VERY CLEAR, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONS. ALRIGHT, AND LAST QUESTION. UM, HAS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR BEEN SELECTED? UM, YET WE HAVE A, WE'VE HAD CONTRACTORS AT VERY FA VARIOUS PHASES OF THE PROJECT, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, IN TERMS OF ENGINEERING AND PLANNING. AS I SAID, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, CONTEMPLATED NOW, UH, SINCE BEFORE COVID, AND SO WE HAVE NOT AWARDED, UM, THOSE FINAL BIDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF THE PROJECT. UH, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE'LL START TO DO HERE IN THE, IN THE COMING MONTHS, UM, AS WE, UH, SECURE THE NECESSARY PERMITS. AND AS [00:25:01] I SAID, THE FIRST STEP, UH, OBVIOUSLY WAS THOSE SECURE REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR BUILD BETTER IN THE OPEN HOUSE THAT WE JUST HOSTED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HENDRICKS. COMMISSIONER TUTA. UM, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, I'M BRAND NEW ON THIS BOARD, SO I'M CATCHING UP. IS THIS A HUNDRED PERCENT PRIVATE FUND, PRIVATELY FUNDED? MR. CHAIRMAN? UH, COMMISSIONER? UH, YES. UH, THIS IS, UH, PRIVATELY FINANCED BY OR PAID FOR BY FLINT HILLS RESOURCES. OKAY. THAT WAS, YES, MR. TRIMBLE. UH, YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, ONE, UM, SOMETHING I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH TDO RIGHT AWAY. UH, SO A LOT OF THIS PROJECT IS, UH, IN TDOT RIGHT AWAY. DID YOU MENTION THAT TDOT HAS SOME OTHER PROJECTS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON IN THE SAME, UH, TIMEFRAME THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONER? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. UM, ALSO, UM, YOU HAD OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF THIS. UM, GENERALLY, WHAT WAS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK, UM, YOU GOT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS AS YOU DID THAT, UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONER? UM, THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN, UH, VARIED, UM, RANGING FROM, UH, VERY BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PIPELINES AND HOW THEY WORK AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE JET FUEL COMES FROM. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW OUR REFINERIES DOWN IN CORPUS CHRISTI, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ALONE. UH, THE GULF COAST IS THE LARGEST REFINING CENTER IN THE WORLD, UH, BUT FLINT HILLS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 30 YEARS, UM, SUPPLYING THIS MARKET, UH, PRIMARILY, UH, IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE JET FUEL HERE FOR, FOR MANY YEARS. SO, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, WERE JUST UNFAMILIAR WITH WHO WE ARE, SO A LOT OF IT WAS INTRODUCTORY. UM, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY, UH, OF, OF A PIPELINE SYSTEM, UM, SAFETY OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND, AND THE TRUCKS THAT ARE, ARE TRAVERSING THE ROADS, YOU KNOW, TODAY. UM, SOME OF THE RELIABILITY ISSUES, UM, THAT, UH, THAT, THAT SITUATION, YOU KNOW, BRINGS, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT. UH, AS I SAID, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY, I, I THINK PLEASED, UH, WHEN THEY SEE THE ROUTE. UH, THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECH STAT RIGHT AWAY, UM, AND NOT REALLY, UH, GOING INTO ANY, UH, PREVIOUSLY UNDISTURBED AREAS, NEIGHBORHOODS. I MEAN, THAT IS PRETTY COMMON FOR PIPELINE PROJECTS THESE DAYS WHERE THEY END UP GOING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH COMMUNITIES. IN THIS CASE, WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID THAT, UH, REALLY AVOIDED A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS AS WELL. UM, SO A A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN, UM, UH, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY PLEASED, I THINK, WITH THE RESPONSES, AND CERTAINLY A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK ON THE PROSPECT OF, OF, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE ROAD, THE TRUCKS OFF THE ROAD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'LL JUST FINISH WITH A COMMENT THAT, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL, THAT THE FEEDBACK'S BEEN VERY POSITIVE. I THINK, UH, GETTING, UH, LOCATED IN TXDOT RIGHT AWAY WAS A GAME CHANGER AS FAR AS IMPACTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE COMMUNITY. AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND, UH, ALL THE OUTREACH WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER TRIMBLE AND MR. MODEL. UH, THE, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, WHAT PORTION OF THE THE PROJECT DO YOU ANTICIPATE IMPACTING ANY OF THE OPERATIONS AT THE AIRPORT? FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE USE OF, UH, THREE, UH, ONE SEVEN LEFT, OR ONE SEVEN, RIGHT. UH, OR, UH, OR EVEN ACCESS VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE FRONT OF THE TERMINAL. MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, IF I'M FOLLOWING YOUR, YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, WE, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE, UH, BEING AT ALL DISRUPTIVE TO, TO AIRPORT OPERATIONS. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO A HORIZONTAL DRILL UNDER, UNDER ROADS. UM, SO THAT SHOULD BE A MINIMAL, YOU KNOW, IMPACT. UH, THERE MIGHT BE SOME, UH, ROAD CLOSURES, UH, OUTSIDE OF AIRPORT, UH, PROPERTY, JUST ONLY, ONLY BRIEFLY, I PROMISE WE'RE NOT GONNA SHUT DOWN 71, UH, BY THE WAY. UM, SO WE DON'T BELIEVE THERE WILL BE ANY IMPACTS TO AIRPORT OPERATIONS. UM, NOW OBVIOUSLY, UH, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, OCCASIONAL MAINTENANCE WORK AND, AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE WILL WORK, UH, WITH AIRPORT OFFICIALS ON, UH, COORDINATING THAT, UH, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PUBLIC UTILITY WOULD. OKAY. COMMISSIONER C**N, I JUST HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT CAPACITY AND REDUNDANCY. I THINK HE SAID WE USE ABOUT 20 MILLION GALLONS A MONTH, SO I GUESS ROUGHLY 700,000 GALLONS A DAY. HOW MUCH STORAGE CAPACITY WILL WE HAVE WITH THIS PIPELINE? KIND OF WHAT'S THE UPTIME FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I ASSUME IT'S SUPER HIGH, BUT WHAT'S KIND OF, WHAT'S THE BACK OF THE PLAN IF WE HAD TO GO BACK TO TRUCKS, IF THERE WAS A, A, SOMETHING FAILED, AND THEN WHAT'S THE CAPACITY OF THIS PIPELINE, THE 10 INCH LINE? IS THAT LIKE FIVE TIMES MORE THAN, WE'LL, WE COULD EVER FIVE TIMES MORE THAN WE'RE USING NOW? IS IT 10 TIMES MORE OR IS IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE NEED? I I'M GUESSING IT'S A LOT MORE THAN WE CURRENTLY USE. [00:30:01] MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, YES. UH, WE HAVE, UH, MORE THAN ADEQUATE PIPELINE CAPACITY TO MEET AUSTIN'S, UH, NEEDS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SATISFY THE 20 MILLION GALLONS OF DEMAND, UM, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY WE WILL STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVICE THE AIRPORT, UH, BY TRUCK, IF EVER, YOU KNOW, NECESSARY. UH, BUT A 10 INCH BY DIAMETER PIPELINE IS, IS VERY ADEQUATE. WE DO SUPPLY, UM, JET FUEL TO DFW, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AIRPORTS, AS YOU MAY KNOW, IN THE, IN THE COUNTRY FROM A JET FUEL DEMAND STANDPOINT. ALSO, UM, MSP AND MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SO, UM, THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IS, IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THOSE OTHER MARKETS TO, TO, TO MEET DEMAND. UH, THE PIPELINE CAN, UM, UH, WE CAN ADD, YOU KNOW, PUMP STATIONS OR BASICALLY PUMPING, INCREASING THE THROUGHPUT CAPACITY OF, OF THE PIPELINE, UH, TO INCREASE VOLUMES, UH, AS NEEDED. UM, IT'LL HAVE IN SPRINT CAPACITY. SO IF YOU'RE EVER, UM, YOU KNOW, DOWN FOR WHATEVER REASON OR THERE'S MORE DEMAND, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. SO, SO IT'S A VERY ROBUST PIPELINE. I MEAN, YOU COULD PROBABLY HAVE DEBATED BETWEEN A NINE INCH OR A 10 INCH, YOU KNOW, PIPELINE. AND, AND WE CHOSE A, A 10 INCH PIPELINE KNOWING HOW, UH, WONDERFUL AUSTIN IS. AND HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO COME HERE. LIKE, I JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, CAN WE DO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A NEW PIPELINE? AND THAT'S NO PROBLEM. UM, I'M, I'M NOT TRACKING ON COMMISSIONER AND MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, LIKE, WE'RE USING 20 MILLION GALLONS A MONTH. COULD WE DO 40 MILLION OR 60 MILLION WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE ANOTHER PIPELINE BE PUT IN? YES. UH, WE, WE BELIEVE WE COULD MEET, UH, ALL FUTURE AIRPORT PROJECTIONS FOR, UH, DEMAND, UH, WITH THIS PIPELINE. THANKS. GREAT. SO WE APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU, ANDY AND JAKE, AND WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION HERE. WE'D GO TO, UM, DISCUSSION OR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM NUMBER SIX. DON'T GO ANYWHERE. WE WILL HANG OUT IN THE SEATS. IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS IN SEVEN OR EIGHT, WE MIGHT RESERVE THE RIGHT TO COME BACK TO YOU, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS MOVING [6. Authorize a contract for grease, grit, and sediment traps maintenance and repair services for the Department of Aviation with Southwaste Disposal LLC, for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $1,100,000. Funding: $91,667 is available in the 2024-2025 Operating Budget of the Department of Aviation. [Note: This solicitation was reviewed for subcontracting opportunities in accordance with City Code Chapter 2-9B (Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program). For the services required for this solicitation, there were insufficient subcontracting opportunities; therefore, no subcontracting goals were established.]] INTO THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS PORTION. UM, AND I KNOW THAT BRIAN AND PAUL ARE AROUND FOR THIS. UM, JASON AND TRACY, ARE WE, UM, AS WE ENTER THIS SIXTH ITEM THERE, ANY STAFF BRIEFING OR DO I JUST TAKE IT? WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE THERE? UH, NO, WE ARE READY FOR YOU TO JUST TAKE UP A MOTION, GET A SECOND, AND THEN WE CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS. YEP. UH, BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, LET ME MAKE ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION ON ITEM FIVE, AND IT'S RELATED TO ITEM SEVEN. UH, SHORTLY BEFORE THE MEETING, UH, WE UPDATED THE SLIDE DECK THAT YOU ALL JUST SAW MM-HMM . SO YOU ALL HAVE HARD COPIES OF THAT. IT'S ALSO IN YOUR INBOX. IT'S BEEN POSTED PUBLICLY AS LAID BACK UP. SO EVERYTHING SHOULD BE TRUE AND CORRECT THERE. UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO ITEM SEVEN, YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A, AN UPDATED ACCURATE COPY OF THE RCA THAT'S ALSO IN YOUR INBOX. IT'S BEEN UPLOADED PUBLICLY, BUT JUST WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO THAT SINCE WE'RE ABOUT TO SHIFT INTO ACTION ITEMS. GOOD, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO, UM, THE RHYTHM OF THIS IS GONNA BE LIKE WE OUGHT TO DO WITH ROBERT'S RULES IS WE'RE GONNA TAKE A MOTION, TAKE A SECOND, THEN PAUSE FOR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE SIXTH ITEM, WHICH I WON'T READ EVERY WORD OF THIS FOR YOU, UM, TO SLOW THIS DOWN. UM, SO TO SPEED IT UP, THIS IS THE SOUTHWEST DISPOSAL LLC, UH, CONTRACT FOR THE GREASE GRIT, SEDIMENT TRAP MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR SERVICES. IS THERE A MOTION IN FAVOR? GREAT. COMMISSIONER ELLER. A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER TRIMBLE, I'M GONNA PAUSE. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? WE DO HAVE BRIAN LONG PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR SPEAK A LITTLE TO THE ITEM. BRIAN, WE DON'T NEED YOU UNLESS WE NEED YOU. DO WE NEED BRIAN? GREAT, THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [7. Authorize negotiation and execution of a license agreement with BATX Pipeline, LLC, to govern such entity’s use of approximately 2.5 miles of airport property for a 10-inch diameter underground jet fuel pipeline and appurtenant surface facilities at AustinBergstrom International Airport, for a term of up to 40 years. Funding: If construction commences during this Fiscal Year, this item is projected to result in approximately $76,583 in additional revenue for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Aviation Department’s Operating Budget.] MOVING ON TO SEVEN. AND NOW JUST A DAY LIKE THIS, SEVEN AND EIGHT ARE TOGETHER. WHAT ANDY AND, AND JAKE WERE JUST TALKING TO US ABOUT, WE'LL START WITH ITEM SEVEN. IS THERE A MOTION APPROVAL? THANK YOU. COMM VALDEZ IS A SECOND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HENDRICKS, WE'RE GONNA PAUSE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THIS? FIRST OF THE TWO ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO THE BATX PIPELINE PROJECT COMMISSIONER TUTA, WE'RE, WE'RE DEDICATING AN EASEMENT TO THEM FOR THIS PIPELINE. IS THAT WHAT THIS IS FOR? HI, HONOR COURT PROPERTY? MM-HMM . YES. HI, TRACY THOMPSON, CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER. THIS IS ACTUALLY A LICENSE AGREEMENT. [00:35:01] IT SERVES A SIMILAR, UM, PURPOSE AS AN EASEMENT WOULD. IT'S JUST HAPPENS TO BE LEGALLY A LICENSE AGREEMENT. IT'S FOR THE LENGTH OF THE PIPELINE AND THE APPROPRIATE WIDTH FOR THEM TO, UH, BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT PIPELINE LONG TERM. AND WHAT IS THE WIDTH, DO YOU KNOW? 25 FEET. NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [8. Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the Amended and Restated Lease Agreement for the Airline Fuel Facility at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with AUS Fuel Company, LLC, to modify the leased premises and add provisions related to the respective rights and obligations of the parties regarding the underground jet fuel pipeline to be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained by BATX Pipeline, LLC, and any 3 appurtenant surface facilities to deliver jet fuel to the Airline Fuel Facility. Funding: If the pipeline project commences during Fiscal Year 2024-2025, this item is projected to result in unrealized revenue in the estimated amount of $539.30 in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of the Department of Aviation.] MOVING ON TO THE EIGHTH ITEM. UM, IS THERE A MOTION IN FAVOR OF THE EIGHTH ITEM? SO, COMMISSIONER ER, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. COMMISSIONER VALDEZ. I'M GONNA PAUSE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS. UH, AUTHORIZATION THE NEGOTIATION EXECUTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT. THAT'S THE UNDERLYING LEASE AGREEMENT, RIGHT. UM, MR. CHAIR, THE, THIS AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND THE FUELING CONSORTIUM. THE LLC IS A CONSORTIUM OF THE AIRLINES WHO ACTUALLY PURCHASES FUEL AND FLY THE PLANES. SO THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THE AIRLINES HAVE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION. THIS IS AN AMENDING THEIR GROUND LEASE FOR THEIR FUELING OPERATION AT THE AIRPORT TO TRANSFER SOME OF THE PROPERTY OUT OF THEIR LEASEHOLD AND INTO THE LICENSE OF THE PIPELINE COMPANY. AND IT'S FOR THE CONNECTION. SO IT'S A VERY SIMPLE AMENDMENT. IT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE AMENDMENT, WILL, UM, ARTICULATE THE USE OF THE PIPELINE AND HAVE A SMALL REAL ESTATE BOUNDARY AMENDMENT. IT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT TO THE AIRLINE AGREEMENT CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT. THANK YOU, MS. THOMPSON. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK HAS GONE INTO THOSE ITEMS. CONGRATULATIONS ON MOVING THIS FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP. MOVING TO THE, [9. Ratify an amendment to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport General Aviation Facility Management Agreement with Signature Flight Support, LLC to add one additional year to the term, effective March 1, 2025, and the obligation for Signature Flight Support, LLC to provide completed quarterly inspection reports. Funding: $144,579 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of the Department of Aviation.] UM, NINTH ITEM. THIS HAS TO DO WITH SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT AND GOING BACK AND RATIFYING, UM, A A PREVIOUS DECISION THAT WAS MADE. AND, AND MR. ALEXANDER, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST WALKING US THROUGH BRIEFLY. I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA START BY ASKING FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOU. IS THERE A MOTION IN FAVOR OF THE NINTH ITEM? MOTION? THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER TRIMBLE. IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER HENDRICKS. OKAY, MR. ALEXANDER, IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. UH, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. HAPPY TO, BUT I'M GONNA ACTUALLY TURN IT OVER TO JOHN IF HE COULD TAKE THAT LEAD. EVEN BETTER. HELLO, JOHN. AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. JOHN GALLO, DEPUTY CHIEF OFFICER FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. UM, ITEM NINE IS ABOUT, UM, OUR TEE HANGER FACILITIES. WE HAVE THREE BUILDINGS THAT HOUSE AROUND 56 DIFFERENT TEE HANGERS. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT A TEE HANGER IS, THAT'S JUST A SMALL, UM, HANGAR FOR SMALL RECREATIONAL FLYERS, SMALL PLANES, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIZE OF KIN TO A, UM, A STORAGE UNIT THAT YOU WOULD GET ON THE STREET. SO, UH, WHAT SIGNATURE DOES IS MANAGE THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OF THEM. AND SO THIS IS A ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF THAT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, UH, WHERE THEY MANAGE THOSE LEASES ON BEHALF OF THE AIRPORT. GREAT. AND WE'RE RATIFYING ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO PRIOR HERE. YEP. CORRECT. WE, UM, WE, BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE, UH, THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE AROUND JANUARY. MM-HMM . AND JUST COMMISSIONERS THE DAY LIKE THIS. WE'RE GONNA BE IN JOHN'S ORBIT ON ITEMS NINE, 10, AND 11 HERE, I THINK. BUT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT NINE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM 10, [10. Authorize negotiation and execution of a lease with Menzies Aviation for certain premises consisting of approximately 2,500 square feet of building space and related improvements for its ground handling operations at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, for a term of five years, with a renewal option for an additional one-year term. Funding: This item is projected to result in approximately $10,938 in additional revenue for the Fiscal Year 2024- 2025 Aviation Department’s Operating Budget.] THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE MENZIES AVIATION LEASE AND, UH, YOU'LL FIND THIS PAGE 65 OF YOUR PACKET. AND, UM, LET'S TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT BRIEFLY. IS THERE A MOTION FAVOR? APPROVAL? COMMISSIONER VALDEZ. SECOND. COMMISSIONER ELLER. GREAT. JOHN, YOU MIND WALKING US THROUGH THIS JUST BRIEFLY? SURE. MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, SO MENZIES AVIATION AS WELL AS BEING THE AIRLINES, UH, INTO PLANE FUELER. UH, THEY ALSO DO SOME GROUND HANDLING SERVICES AND SOME CARGO SERVICES. SO THIS IS A FIVE YEAR LEASE, UM, AT ONE OF OUR EXISTING CARGO FACILITIES, UH, FOR THEIR OPERATIONS, FOR THEIR GROUND HANDLING SERVICES. TRULY JUST A FACILITIES [00:40:01] LEASE, RIGHT? FACILITIES LEASE, YES, SIR. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN OR DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED [11. Authorize negotiation and execution of a lease with Amazon.com Services LLC for certain premises consisting of approximately 50,919 square feet of building space, 37,051 square feet of cargo handling space, 134,629 square feet of aircraft parking area, and related improvements for its air freight and mail handling operations at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, for a term of five years, commencing after the date of beneficial occupancy, and with an opportunity for an extension term. Funding: This item is projected to result in $16,634.00 of additional revenue for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of the Department of Aviation.] ITEM 11. THIS, UM, THIS HAS TO DO WITH ACTIVATING THE MAJORITY OF A CURRENTLY VACANT WAREHOUSE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE GROUNDS. UM, LEMME TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND. WE'LL PAUSE AND TALK ABOUT IT. IS THERE A MOTION AND APPROVAL FOR MR. MODEL? THANK YOU. SECOND, MR. TRIMBLE. GREAT. PAUSE. UM, JOHN, TALK, TALK TO US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. TRACY. WELL, I, TRACY, I'M RUSSELL JOHN AND I, I WON. THIS IS TRACY THOMPSON, CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER. UM, SO YOU ARE CORRECT. THERE IS A, UH, CARGO FACILITY CONSTRUCTED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND WE HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH AMAZON TO OCCUPY THE SQUARE FOOTAGES OUTLINED IN THE RCA AND AND IN YOUR AGENDA. AND WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED THE MATERIAL BUSINESS TERMS, SO WE'LL BE GOING TO COUNSEL FOR AUTHORIZATION TO FINISH THE NEGOTIATIONS AND EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM AMAZON IS HERE, THE COMMISSION TODAY. IT'S STEVE, KEN NOIAN. HE'S SITTING BEHIND ME AND HE'S WAVING. AND THE IMPORTANT PART ABOUT HIS BEING HERE IS THAT HE IS FORMERLY A DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION EMPLOYEE AND USED TO BE SITTING IN THIS CHAIR RIGHT HERE, SO HE COULDN'T MISS COMING TO THE COMMISSION TO SAY HELLO. MM-HMM . AMAZON HAS BEEN OPERATING AT THE AIRPORT SINCE 2020 IN OTHER FACILITIES. SO THEY'RE JUST RELOCATING TO THIS NEW BUILDING AND OCCUPYING MORE SPACE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP. I'M PLEASED TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT. TO ACTIVATE THE WAREHOUSE TOO, RIGHT? INDEED. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PENDING ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT WAS EASY, STEVE. HUH? YEAH. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. OKAY. HEADING [12. Authorize a contract for safety inspections, emergency repair services, and replacement parts for passenger boarding bridges and related systems for the Department of Aviation with Oshkosh Aerotech, LLC d/b/a Oshkosh Aerotech, for an initial term of three years with two one-year extension options, in an amount not to exceed $7,500,000. Funding: $500,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of the Department of Aviation. [Note: Sole source contracts are exempt from the City Code Chapter 2-9B (Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program); therefore, no subcontracting goals were established.]] TO THE, TO THE 12TH ITEM, MY PACKET. THAT IS PAGE 70. UM, LEMME TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT BRIEFLY AND THEN WE'LL KEEP MOVING. IS THERE A MOTION IN FAVOR? MOVE APPROVAL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VALDEZ. IS THERE A SECOND OUT THERE? GOOD. COMMISSIONER HENDRICKS. THANK YOU. UM, PAUSING ON THIS FOR A SECOND. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE BOARDING BRIDGES, I BELIEVE. AND, UM, MISS MR. LONG. TALK TO US JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. SURE. BRIAN LONG AIRPORT DEPUTY CHIEF. OOPS. AIRPORT, DEPUTY CHIEF INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, THIS IS AN ITEM RELATED TO THE PARTS AND SERVICES FOR THE SPECIALTY COMPONENTS OF THE JET BRIDGES. UH, ACTUALLY ONE JUST WENT OUT, UH, EARLIER TODAY AND IT WAS A VERY BUSY GATE. AND, UH, IT WAS A BOARD THAT CAUGHT A LITTLE FIRE. WE HAD A, A LITTLE, UM, INCIDENT. IT WAS ALL HANDLED. AND WE HAVE A NEW BOARD GOING IN WITH THIS CONTRACT, UH, THAT WILL BE REPLACING THE ONE THAT IS COMING TO THE END OF LIFE THIS YEAR. SO, UM, WE USE THE PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES A LOT, AND THEY ARE MECHANICAL PARTS AND ELECTRICAL PARTS AND ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE AIRCRAFT AND OUR PARTNERS. SO THIS IS AN ITEM TO, UH, HAVE THE THREE YEAR AGREEMENT AND TWO OPTIONAL AGREEMENTS WITH, UH, A VENDOR WE'VE USED FOR A LONG TIME. YEP. AND THAT USES THE JET BRIDGES. THANK YOU MR. LONG. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO, TO THE VOTE? MR. ER, THIS IS CRITICAL EQUIPMENT. CAN YOU TURN THE LIGHT BACK? YEAH, THERE IT IS. SINCE THIS IS CRITICAL EQUIPMENT AGAIN WITH THEM, DO THEY ANTICIPATE SUPPLY CHAIN RISK OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS THAT COULD IMPACT REPAIR AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE BOARDING GATES? GREAT QUESTION. UM, THEY WORK WITH US AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WAREHOUSE, UH, ON SITE THAT WE KEEP. MANY OF OUR CRITICAL COMPONENTS AND ONES THAT WE USE OFTEN, HOWEVER, TO KEEP AN ENTIRE SERIES OF ALL THE JET BRIDGE PARTS WOULD BE DIFFICULT, BUT FOR THE MOST COMMON ONES, WE HAVE PLENTY AND WE ORDER AHEAD OF TIME. WE HAVE A GOOD INVENTORY SYSTEM THAT KEEPS TRACK OF THAT, SO THAT WORKING WITH THEM AS A PARTNER, WE MAKE SURE IN ANY LEAD, LONG LEAD ITEMS WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE. THEY'RE ALSO VERY INVOLVED WITH THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY AND MANY OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY NEED TO HAVE THE PARTS. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER PLACES LIKE OTHER AIRPORTS WHERE PARTS CAN, UH, BE PURCHASED [00:45:01] IN A NEED, UH, IF NEEDED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LONG. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I HAVE ONE. YES. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO, UH, GET THE PART FROM THE WAREHOUSE TO THE BRIDGE ON THE EAST SIDE? , LET'S SEE. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TODAY. UH, NO. UM, IT, IT'S NOT TOO BAD AT ALL. OUR TEAMS WORK, UH, FROM OUR CONSOLIDATED MAINTENANCE FACILITY, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE, AND WE HAVE A GATE THAT WE GO THROUGH AND IT'S, UH, ALL OUR FOLKS ARE BADGED AND CAN, UH, VERY QUICKLY GET TO THE WAREHOUSE, CHECK OUT THE PART, AND GET BACK AND, AND GET THE BRIDGE DONE QUICKLY. SO, UH, IN THE INSTANCE THAT IT HAPPENED TODAY, UH, THE PART WAS IN THERE PRETTY QUICKLY. IT JUST HAD TO RESET ALL THE LIMITS, AS YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER. SO THANK YOU. TRACY IS 13 OPEN YET. TRACY THOMPSON, CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER GATE 13 IS COMPLETELY FINISHED FROM A CAPITAL STANDPOINT. SO THEREFORE IT IS AVAILABLE FOR AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS SHOULD AN AIRLINE CHOOSE TO OPERATE FROM THAT FACILITY. SO IF YOU HAD ONE GO DOWN, GO DOWN BAD. OH, AND, YOU KNOW, SIX, EIGHT HOURS, YOU COULD UTILIZE 13. YES. WHICH WAS WHOLE POINT OF 13 IF EVERYTHING WAS BEING USED. UM, OUR, YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. SO OUR AIRLINE, UH, UH, OPERATIONS TEAMS DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF MANAGING THE GATES AND, AND WORKING WITH THE PROVIDERS, AND IT IS AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. OKAY. I THAT AS SOMEONE WHO FLIES A LOT, THAT'S 13. HAVING 13 AVAILABLE IS GONNA YES. IT'S A COMFORT. YES. AND FOR CLARIFICATION, IT'S A GROUND LOADED OPERATION, BUSING. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR CURRENT AIRLINES CHOOSE TO USE, BUT IT'S A GREAT RELIEVER OPPORTUNITY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU MR. LONG. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM? ANY OPPOSED? UNANIMOUSLY [13. Authorize two contracts for brownfields remediation and impacted soil and water treatment for the Department of Aviation with Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. and Tasman, Inc., each for initial terms of two years with up to three one-year extension options in amounts not to exceed $30,000,000, divided equally between the contractors or the department may choose any contractor that can provide the required services. Funding: $15,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of the Department of Aviation. [Note: This solicitation was reviewed for subcontracting opportunities in accordance with City Code Chapter 2-9B (Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program). For the services required for this solicitation, there were insufficient or no subcontracting opportunities; therefore, no subcontracting goals were established.]] APPROVED. MOVING ON. NUMBER 13. I UNDERSTAND MR. HARSON, YOU'RE HERE. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, UM, LET ME JUST SAY THAT THIS IS BOTH, UM, IMPORTANT AND, UM, AND A LITTLE NUANCED AND I SAY THAT IN A POSITIVE WAY. UH, LEMME TAKE A, LET, LEMME TAKE A, A MOTION IN A SECOND AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT BRIEFLY THERE. MOTION IN FAVOR. THANK YOU MR. TRIMBLE. MR. TRIMBLE, IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER ELLER. THANK YOU. MR. HARSON. TALK TO US JUST BRIEFLY HIGH LEVEL ABOUT THIS AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ON THE COMMISSION. YEAH, SHANE HARSON, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER. UH, THIS IS A CONTRACT WHERE WE SEEK TWO, UH, QUALIFIED VENDORS TO MANAGE OUR CONTAMINATED SOILS OR WATER. UM, THE HISTORY IS WE HAVE, UH, THIS WAS A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AIR FORCE BASE THAT USED FIRE FOAM THAT HAD PPAF IN IT, WHICH IS A REGULATORY MATERIAL THAT HAS, UH, HAS BECOME, EMERGED BE REGULATORY, UH, REALLY, UH, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. AND SO, UH, WHERE WE'RE DOING ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, UH, WE WOULD, IF WE FIND ANY SOILS OR WATER, WE WANT TO TREAT IT OR MOVE IT TO A SITE WHERE WE CAN MANAGE IT LONG TERM. UM, UH, FOLLOWING BOTH THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE, UH, TCEQ, UH, GUIDELINES OR REQUIREMENTS, UM, WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GONNA BE DOING OUR, UH, MAJOR CONSTRUCTION IF WE FIND IT. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO QUICKLY, UH, RESPONSE. WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION TO MANAGE, UH, THAT SOIL. AND, UH, UH, THEREFORE WE'RE SEEKING TWO VENDORS VERSUS ONE, JUST IN CASE ONE IS NOT AVAILABLE TO, UH, BE ACTIVE RIGHT AWAY. WE CAN GO TO ANOTHER ONE. SO IT'S A KIND OF A BACKUP. UM, UH, WE JUST FINISHED RELOCATING ONE PILE, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, UH, LAST FALL. AND, UH, THIS IS FOR ANY TYPE OF FUTURE, UH, UH, THAT WE DISCOVERED DURING OUR CONSTRUCTION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. I COMMEND YOU, MR. HARSON, FOR DOING THIS IN A CONSERVATIVE WAY. IN A SMART WAY. UM, LOWERCASE C CONSERVATIVE WAY, SMART WAY. I THINK KEEPING IT ON SITE AS YOU ARE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'VE GOT AS, AS PART OF YOUR AND LYNN'S GREAT WORK IN DEVELOPING THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS JOURNEY WITH A A US THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO BE MOVING ON SITE ON OUR CURRENT FOOTPRINT. AND WHY WE WANT REALLY TWO [00:50:01] QUALIFIED VENDORS IS WAY WE MANAGE IT WILL BE INDIVIDUAL PILES FROM WHERE THAT WAS LOCATED SO WE'RE NOT COMMINGLING OR MIXING ANY SOILS. 'CAUSE THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, UM, TO REUSE SOME OF THE, UH, LESS BETTER, NOT CONTAMINATED, BUT MIGHT BE IMPACTED. WE COULD, UH, USE IT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE. UM, SO ULTIMATELY, UH, OUR PLAN IS TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND HAVE IT ON SITE. 'CAUSE WE HAVE THE SPACE TO DO IT RIGHT. GOOD. MR. VALDEZ, IN REGARDS TO THE WATER, THE ALBANY MONITORING WELLS TO CHECK IF WATER'S SAFE, UH, FIVE FEET DOWN, SIX FEET DOWN 10 FEET, YEAH. IF WE, UH, FIND ANY, THEN WE TREAT IT. THAT'S WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST. AND, UH, UM, UH, THEN WE DO THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND WHATEVER WATER THAT WE WE GET, WE TREAT THAT AS WELL OR ROLL IT OFF SITE AND THEN THE SOIL WE MAINTAIN ON SITE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON SCREEN OR LIVE AND IN PERSON? GREAT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, MR. HARSON, [14. Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the amended and restated fixed 4 base operator lease and development agreement with Austin FBO, LLC, for approximately 38 acres of land at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, to provide for the reimbursement by Austin FBO, LLC, to City of an amount not to exceed $3,118,000 for the construction and renovation costs associated with the AUS AEDP MFT-Economy Lot 3 Project, as part of the Midfield Taxiway Project, and their proportionate share of the design costs. Funding: Due to the anticipated construction timeframe, this item is not projected to result in additional revenue for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of the Department of Aviation.] MOVING ON TO 14 AND 15 IN DAYLIGHTING, WHERE THIS IS IN THE PACKET. UM, PAGE 78 IN MY PACKET. THESE ARE, THESE ARE, UH, TIED, THESE TWO ITEMS. LET'S START. UM, AND I THINK JOHN, WE MAY BE BACK IN YOUR PART OF THE WORLD HERE. GREAT. LET'S START WITH A MOTION IN A SECOND ON 14 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. IS THERE A MOTION APPROVAL? MR. VALDEZ? THERE A SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. MUDDLE. OKAY. IF, IF YOU COULD, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT 15 AT THE SAME TIME, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ASSOCIATED THAT IS DESCRIBED IN THIS AGENDA. ITEM FOR ACTION. 14. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AGAIN. JOHN GALLO, DEPUTY CHIEF OFFICER FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO, UH, AS YOU STATED, 14 AND 15 ARE LINKED. UH, 14 IS A, IS AN AMENDMENT TO, UH, AUSTIN, F-B-O-L-L-C, WHICH IS KNOWN AS MILLIONAIRE, UH, TO THEIR CONTRACT THAT, UM, TIES THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT PART THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN ITEM 15 TO THAT. AND IN THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING, UH, A REIMBURSEMENT OF AROUND $3.1 MILLION FOR THE PORTION OF THE MIDFIELD TAXIWAY PROJECT THAT IS BUILDING AROUND A 500, UM, SPOT PARKING LOT. UH, THAT'LL BE ON THE, KIND OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. SO THAT IS, UM, THIS IS JUST TO CODIFY THAT REIMBURSEMENT, UH, WITHIN THEIR CONTRACT TO FORMALIZE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. YES, SIR. YEAH. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN OR DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. UNANIMOUSLY [15. Approve a resolution expressing the City’s consent, as required by Internal Revenue Code Section 147(f), to the Public Finance Authority’s issuance of the Series 2024B Tax-Exempt Bonds, in exchange for the Series 2024B Taxable Bonds previously issued for the purpose of making a loan to Austin FBO, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $53,410,000 to provide financing of the cost of the acquisition, construction, and/or equipping of certain facilities at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and fund related costs. Funding: No fiscal impact.] APPROVED. MOVING ON TO 15, WHICH IS REALLY THE, THE, I WOULD SAY THE MEAT OF THIS TWO PART ITEM. UM, LEMME TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT BRIEFLY. THERE ARE MOTION IN FAVOR, MR. TRIMBLE. THANK YOU. A SECOND. THANK YOU MR. MUDDLE. ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS, UM, THE FINANCING ASPECT HERE AND, AND, AND THE HISTORY OF IT JUST BRIEFLY, BUT THANK YOU, JOHN. SURE. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UH, SO FOR ITEM 15, UM, THIS IS TO ESTABLISH A TR HEARING. TEFRA, UH, STANDS FOR TAX EQUITY AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT, UM, THAT ALLOWS, UM, MUNICIPALITIES OR PUBLIC ENTITIES LIKE AN AIRPORT TO EX EXTEND THEIR, UH, TAX EXEMPT STATUS FOR FINANCING TO PRIVATE COMPANIES SUCH AS MILLIONAIRE. SO, UM, AS, AS YOU MAY KNOW, AND, AND SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR A WHILE, WE CAME TO Y'ALL LAST YEAR FOR A MILLIONAIRE'S EXPANSION. UH, THEIR PHASE TWO EXPANSION, UM, AT THE TIME THEY WENT OUT WITH, UH, PRIVATE FINANCING AND THIS WOULD CONVERT THAT PRIVATE FINANCING TO PUBLIC FINANCING AND, AND EXTEND THAT NON, UH, TAX OR EXTEND THAT TAX EXEMPT STATUS, UM, TO MILLIONAIRE. AND I'M STAYING ON 15, BUT FOURTEEN'S RELEVANT BECAUSE THAT'S THE PUBLIC BENEFIT SIDE OF THIS TRADE IN A SENSE, RIGHT. IN ESSENCE, AS PART OF THE, AS PART OF THE TETRA PROCESS MM-HMM . THERE HAS TO BE SHOWN A COMMUNITY BENEFIT. RIGHT. AND, UM, UH, WHAT WE'VE NEGOTIATED WITH MILLIONAIRES FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT REIMBURSEMENT ON THE PARKING LOT AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY BENEFIT TO THE AIRPORT. MM-HMM . GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC? MR. MODEL? HOW FAST MICROPHONE? YEAH. SCOTT, YOU MIGHT PUT THAT MICROPHONE. THERE YOU GO. GOOD. SORRY. HOW, HOW, HOW, WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENT DO YOU SEE AS A RESULT OF [00:55:01] APPROVAL AND FUNDING OF THIS, THIS, UH, UH, INITIATIVE? WELL, AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE AIRPORTS ARE ALWAYS IN DESPERATE NEED OF EXTRA PARKING. UM, AND HOW WE PLAN ON USING THIS PARKING LOT FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF, EMPLOYEES AND SO FORTH, ALLOWS US KIND OF THE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN OUR DIFFERENT PARKING ELEMENTS. UM, SO IT'S ACTUALLY A, A, A PRETTY BIG, UH, PARKING LOT, 500 SPACES. SO THERE'S A, A LOT OF, UM, UM, GREAT USES THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE FOR THIS PARKING LOT AND THAT MILLIONAIRE IS REIMBURSING US ON. SO, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? UNANIMOUSLY [16. Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the reimbursement of CBP costs related to providing communications and information technology (IT) equipment and services required at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in an amount not to exceed $89,769.00. Funding: $89,769.00 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Capital Budget of the Department of Aviation.] APPROVED. GREAT. FINAL, UH, OF OUR RCA ACTION ITEMS. ITEM 16, PAGE 84 IN YOUR PACKET. UM, THIS HAS TO DO WITH IT, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE. LET ME TAKE A, LEMME TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND, THEN WE'LL BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT IT THEN. WE'LL THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. IS THERE A MOTION IN FAVOR, MR. MODEL? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VALDEZ, WINDOWS 11. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. RICK BETTI, ACTING CHIEF EXPERIENCE AND PERFORMANCE OFFICER. UH, IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF OVERSEEING, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATION AND WE HAVE THE REQUISITE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF REIMBURSING THEM ANYTIME THEY NEED TO UPGRADE ANY OF THEIR TECHNOLOGIES, UH, IN THIS CASE, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME. UM, THEY HAVE TWO THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF BURIED IN HERE. ONE IS THE WINDOWS 11 UPGRADE, WHICH, UM, WINDOWS IS, WINDOWS 10 IS OUT OF SUPPORT AS OF OCTOBER. SO EVERYBODY IS MOVING TO WINDOWS 11 AND THEY NEED TO UPGRADE THEIR EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT WINDOWS 11. AND THEN THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT THAT'S END OF LIFE THAT WRAPPED INTO HERE. UM, I BELIEVE IT'S THEIR TELEPHONE SWITCH AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS. SO FOR THE, FOR THE AMOUNT OF, UH, 89,000 IN CHANGE. YEP. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ACTUALLY, UH, CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND. OH, DIDN'T RAISE MY HAND. SORRY, COMMISSIONER. WELL, THANK YOU. UH, AS A EMPLOYEE OF MICROSOFT, I BELIEVE I MUST OH, GOT YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ABSTENTION. YES, WE, DO WE HAVE TO BACK UP FOR THAT OR WE, DID WE CAPTURE IT? NO, WE'RE GOOD. THANK [Items 17 - 19] YOU, COMMISSIONER. OKAY. I, I WANNA JUST BRIEFLY TALK, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT JUST THE WHY BEHIND THIS DISCUSSION ITEMS, PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS VARIED IN THIS CASE 17 THROUGH 19. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ITEMS THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, AN UPDATE A BIT ON COUNCIL ACTION. AND IT'S A BIT OF A RECAP, RIGHT, TO CLOSE THE LOOP FOR OUR BENEFIT. WE'VE SEEN ALL OF THESE ITEMS BEFORE, AND LET ME JUST EMPHASIZE THAT GOING FORWARD, WE AS A COMMISSION CAN ADD ITEMS TO THIS PORTION, NOT JUST FOR, UM, FROM MAYBE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND NOT JUST FROM RECAP OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEMS, BUT THIS IS SORT OF A CATCHALL PORTION OF THE AGENDA NOT TO LOAD UP, BUT TO USE WHEN WE NEED TO. UM, MS. THOMPSON, DO YOU WANT TO WALK US THROUGH ITEM 17? YES, I'M PLEASED TO DO SO. UM, AGAIN, TRACY THOMPSON, CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER, UM, AS YOU SAID CHAIR, UM, ITEM 17, 18 AND 19 WERE ALL PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS. UM, WE ARE, UM, FORTUNATE THAT WE GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONERS FOR ASSISTING US IN GETTING SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL. SO ITEM 17 WAS TAKEN TO CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 10TH, AND IT WAS FOR THE, UH, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICE FOR THE FREQUENCY DRIVES. UM, YOU CAN TELL I'M NOT AN IT GUY, BUT ANYWAY, THAT WAS APPROVED ON CONSENT ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER 18 ON APRIL 24TH. UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TAKEN TO CITY COUNCIL AND THAT IS RELATED TO THE ABLE CORPORATION, WHICH IS THE CORPORATION THAT OWNS, OPERATES AND MANAGES THE HILTON HOTEL LOCATED ON AIRPORT PROPERTY. UNDER THE BYLAWS, UNDER THE, I'M SORRY, UNDER THE, UM, AUTHORIZATION FOR THAT CORPORATION. UM, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE NEW BOARD MEMBERS OF THAT CORPORATION. SO THE CITY COUNCIL DID ON CONSENT, APPROVE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE ABLE CORPORATION. THAT'S ITEM 18. AND ITEM 19 WAS THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION APPROVED ON CONSENT ON MAY 8TH, 2025. AND THAT IS FOR, I BELIEVE, AND, AND SHANE WILL, UH, CORRECT ME IF I HAVE THIS WRONG, THESE ARE SEVERAL CONTRACTORS DOING CAPITAL, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES IS TO AUGMENT OUR STAFF AS, [01:00:01] UH, WE MAY NEED TO DO SO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE A A DP PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS. UM, THANK YOU. YEAH, PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR GET STAFF TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. THOMPSON? NO ACTIONS REQUIRED ON 17 THROUGH 19, SO WE'LL JUST KEEP MOVING [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS] IN THE FUTURE. AGENDA ITEM SECTION, I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS TO WALK THROUGH AND I MAY PULL A LITTLE BIT OF ASSISTANCE FROM MR. ALEXANDER, MS. THOMPSON AS WE, AS WE DO IT, LET'S START BY SAYING, UH, THIS IS A, THIS IS A FORUM FOR OUR, UM, ABILITY TO DAYLIGHT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE AND BEYOND. UM, SO LET ME PAUSE BY SAYING, DO THE COMMISSIONERS OR THE COMMISSIONERS INTERESTED IN ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT YOU WANT TO TALK THROUGH TODAY OR THAT WE WANT TO, UH, SUGGEST AFFIRMATIVELY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE? OKAY. I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS I WANNA SURFACE HERE. ONE IS, THIS WILL BE THE ONE MONTH THAT I MISS THIS YEAR, SO I WILL NOT BE HERE, WHICH IS NOT A BIG DEAL FOR Y'ALL. THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M MENTIONING IT IS THAT CITY, UH, CODE REQUIRES A ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW THAT IS SURFACED BY THE CHAIR AND AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. UH, COMMISSIONER , YOU'VE SEEN THIS IN YOUR OTHER COMMISSION. ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S SERVED ON OTHER COMMISSIONS, COMMISSIONER HENDRICKS KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS. IT'S A LITTLE AWKWARD BECAUSE I START MY SERVICE NOW AND I'M REPORTING ON THE LAST YEAR. NO BIG DEAL. UH, AND WE'RE GONNA WORK ON PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND PUTTING IT IN THE PACKET. I WANTED TO, UH, JUST PROVIDE NOTICE TO EACH OF YOU THAT I WILL NOT BE HERE IN JUNE IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM, BUT WE WILL BE ASKING FOR ACTION ON IT. SO TO BE IN SERVICE TO EACH OF YOU. THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A, UH, YOU KNOW, A STRATEGY DOCUMENT OR A FORWARD LOOKING DOCUMENT. IT IS REALLY TRULY A SUMMARY OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. A TON OF GREAT WORK CREDIT TO THE PRIOR COMMISSIONERS, CREDIT TO THE PRIOR CHAIR, CREDIT TO THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF ABOVE ALL. UH, SO YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR PACKET IN ADVANCE OF OUR JUNE MEETING A, UM, AN ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW FOR YOUR VOTE AND HOPEFULLY APPROVAL. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, SUBTRACT, OR EDIT TO THAT? MR. ALEXANDER? NO, CHAIR. I THINK YOU COVERED IT. UM, JUST TO REITERATE THOUGH, WE WILL PLAN TO PUT THAT ON AS AN, UH, AGENDA ITEM. IT WILL BE IN YOUR ABSENCE, BUT, UH, WHAT WE WILL DO IS SHARE AROUND A DRAFT OF THAT REPORT MODELED AFTER THE REPORTS WE'VE DONE EACH YEAR SENT, UH, PRIOR TO THIS. UM, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT ANY AMENDMENTS TO THAT, UH, THAT ARE VOTED ON AT THE JUNE MEETING. AND I MAY BE WRONG. I, I, I, I MAY HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN BEFORE, 'CAUSE I THINK I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS DUE AT THE END OF JUNE, BUT IT MAY NOT BE UNTIL THE END OF JULY, SO WE COULD HAVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO GET THIS TEED UP AND, AND COMPLETED AHEAD OF DEADLINE. SO IF THAT MIGHT, AS FOR ALL OF YOU YEP. WE WILL PLAN TO PUT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. GREAT. UM, THANK YOU MR. ALEXANDER. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? GREAT. LET'S TALK ABOUT, AND I WANT TO THANK THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF FOR THIS. WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY IN MY, IN MY TIME HERE ONCE, AND I THINK OTHER TIMES HISTORICALLY PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THERE TO BE AN ORIENTATION. AN ORIENTATION THAT REFRESHES OUR KNOWLEDGE AS EXISTING COMMISSIONERS ON THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING ONSITE AT THE AIRPORT. AND ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMISSIONER TRIMBLE AND TUTA AND, UH, COMMISSIONER HENDRICKS, UH, COMMISSIONER WILSON. RIGHT. THAT'S OUR OTHER, UH, NEW ARRIVAL. UM, TO REALLY GET A DEEP DIVE INTRODUCTORY UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. AND WE, OF COURSE, ARE ABIDING BY, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS RULES, UH, STATE AND LOCAL. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CRAFT A SOLUTION THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO EFFICIENTLY, WHAT, WHAT I DID NOT WANNA DO IS TO BURDEN THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF WITH TWO SEPARATE ORIENTATIONS AND TWO SEPARATE MOBILIZATIONS, IF YOU WILL. AT THE SAME TIME, WE COULDN'T HAVE A HAVE A QUORUM THERE AND ATTENDANCE WOULD ALLOW US, IT WOULD, IT WOULD PREVENT US FROM BEING ABLE TO TALK THROUGH MAYBE AND HAVE THE DEPTH OF ORIENTATION DISCUSSION THAT WE WOULD WANT. SO THE VERY GOOD MIDDLE GROUND IS THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE A ONE DAY PART A PART B ORIENTATION, AND WE ARE SHOOTING FOR THE MONTH, I BELIEVE, OF JULY. BUT, UH, MR. ALEXANDER, TALK THROUGH THAT WITH US A LITTLE BIT. NO, THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE ARE, UH, EXCITED TO, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT AS A DEPARTMENT OF THIS CITY, DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, [01:05:01] UM, TO UNDERSTAND BOTH OUR OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO OUR FI, YOU KNOW, OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF UNIQUE ASPECTS THAT YOU DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE TILL YOU ARE SITTING IN A MEMBER AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION. UM, SO WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE. WHEN I FIRST CAME ONTO THE DEPARTMENT NOT LONG AFTER, UH, WE DID HOST AN ORIENTATION FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET COMMISSIONERS OUT TO SEE THE AIRFIELD, AND WE WANT TO REPLICATE THAT TO THE EXTENT WE CAN. UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF QUORUM ISSUES. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS TAKING A ONE DAY, BUT KIND OF SPLITTING UP AND, AND, AND REALLY KIND OF KEEPING STERILE DISTANCE BETWEEN BOTH GROUPS SO AS NOT TO CREATE ANY, UH, QUORUM CONCERNS, BUT COVER SIMILAR MATERIALS. WE HAVE NOT, UH, AGENDIZED THAT YET. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON NOW. BUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS PROPOSE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER FOR SOME DATE IN JULY. UH, WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WILL BE SLOWER AT THAT TIME. WE THINK A LOT OF FOLKS WILL JUST HAVE A EASIER CALENDAR, HOPEFULLY. UM, AND ALSO TRACKS WITH WHAT WE DID THIS LAST TIME. I THINK WE DID THE LAST ORIENTATION MAYBE IN LATE JUNE OR EARLY JULY. SO ALL THAT'S TO SAY, UH, WHAT WE WILL DO IS START FLOATING SOME POSSIBLE DATE OPTIONS OUT TO FOLKS AND JUST KIND OF GETTING A PULSE ON WHAT MAY WORK. AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE ON THE STAFF SIDE, JUST WORKING UP AN AGENDA. UH, WE WILL WORK WITH THE CHAIR TO GET THOUGHTS ON THAT, BUT, UM, LARGELY IT WILL, IT WILL MIRROR MUCH OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO, WELL, THE, THE PRIOR EXPERIENCE WAS GREAT. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT AND WORK GOING. WE DON'T WANNA BE A DISTRACTION TO THAT. SO WE WANNA BE EFFICIENT. SO LOOK FOR COMMISSIONER'S INFORMATION ON THE DATE. AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE'LL BE CHOOSING A, YOU KNOW, A, A GROUP, A GROUP B MORNING OR AFTERNOON PIECE OF THAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND THEN I ALSO WANNA, DAYLIGHT, I KNOW COMMISSIONER FONG HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN, AND I HAVE TWO, MANY OF US HAVE AN UPDATED LOOK AT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE CITY AND THE REGION AS IT RELATES TO OUR WORK. AND I THINK, UH, MR. ALEXANDER, WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT PERHAPS IZING SOMETHING IN THAT REGARD. UM, IF YOU COULD TAKE IT FROM THERE. YEP, THAT'S CORRECT. UH, SO ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING, UH, PREVIOUS, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE WERE, UH, WANTING TO CHASE DOWN WAS COMMISSIONER FONG DID ASK FOR AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY'S DEMOGRAPHER JUST ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL GROWTH TRENDS. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD DATA THAT SHE'S BEEN TRACKING. UM, THEY'RE DOING SOME LOCALIZED WORK. AND SO WHEN WE PITCHED THIS TO HER, SHE WAS VERY EXCITED TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS GROUP. I THINK SHE'S BEEN HERE AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE SINCE I, UH, JOINED THE DEPARTMENT. BUT, UM, BUT SHE DID ASK THAT WE KINDA HOLD OFF UNTIL SOME OF THAT LOCALIZED WORK IS DONE. WE AGREED TO DO THAT. SO IF YOU ALL ARE AGREEABLE TO IT, UH, WE WILL PLAN TO BRING HER TO THE JULY MEETING. AND, UM, AND SHE'S EXCITED TO BE HERE. THAT'S GREAT. UM, AND A CREDIT TO COMMISSIONER FONG FOR RAISING THAT. AND WE APPRECIATE HER. WE APPRECIATE YOU. GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT PORTION? WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. LET ME, LET ME PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND. WE APPRECIATED. YES, I DO HAVE A COMMENT. YES, SIR. YOU DON'T KNOW THE AIRPORT UNLESS YOU'VE SEEN THE AIRPORT. SO IF IT DOES INVOLVE AN ORIENTATION TOUR, MAYBE AFTER THE CONVERSATION HERE, I DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE AIRPORT UNTIL YOU GET BACK THERE INTO THE BAGGAGE AREA AND, AND, AND ACTUALLY GET OUT THERE ON THE RUNWAYS AND TAXIWAYS AND DRIVE PAST THE FBOS AND THAT KIND OF THING. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT INDIVIDUALS, I MEAN, EVEN PRIVATE PILOTS DON'T NOTE. AND, AND I THINK IT'S, IT, IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW FOLKS COME IN AND THEY GOT AN IDEA OF HOW THE AIRPORT REALLY WORKS. 'CAUSE IT WORKS BEYOND THE GATES AND IT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. THAT'S SAGE ADVICE. AND I WILL SAY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HERE, NOBODY KNOWS THAT FOOTPRINT IN OPERATIONS LIKE YOU DO. YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD EXAMPLE, UM, FOR THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY TO MR. ALEXANDER ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THAT ORIENTATION AS BENEFICIAL FROM THAT STANDPOINT, WHAT YOU'VE SAID? YEAH. GOOD. GREAT. UM, I WILL, UM, LET, LEMME JUST CLOSE BY SAYING WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE OUTSET TO HEAR FROM COMM MR. TRIMBLE AND COMMISSIONER TUTA, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR, YOUR BACKSTORY AND WELCOME HERE. AND I THINK IN SERVICE TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC, IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR US JUST TO GO AROUND THIS HORN QUICKLY AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FOR YOUR SAKE AND THE PUBLIC'S SAKE. UM, WE DON'T, WE WON'T START ON SCREEN, BUT WE'LL GO THERE QUICK. I'LL START, MAYBE GO JONATHAN, THEN BAKARI, AND THEN WE'LL COME AROUND STARTING WITH JEFF AND ON, ON DOWN. NOTHING WORSE THAN NOT KNOWING IF YOU'RE GOING NEXT IN ONE OF THESE THINGS. SO I'LL PREVIEWING. UM, [01:10:01] MY NAME IS PATRICK. UM, I'M FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS. I, MY WIFE AND I HAVE TWO BOYS. WE LIVE IN SAN MARCO, SO I'M NOT A CITY OF AUSTIN RESIDENT. I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH THOUGH TO, TO BE CERTAINLY IN THE, IN THE CATCHMENT AREA OF THIS WORLD CLASS AIRPORT AND THE MAYOR'S APPOINTEE HERE. AND, UH, MY DAY JOB IS IN THE REAL ESTATE WORLD. AND, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE SERVING ALONG ALONGSIDE EACH OF YOU. COMMISSIONER KUHN, TAKE IT AWAY. UH, THANK YOU, SIR. UM, MY NAME'S JONATHAN C**N. UH, MY WIFE AND I MOVED HERE IN 2009, UH, WITH THREE TEENAGERS. WE NOW HAVE THREE ADULT CHILDREN AND WE, UH, WE BOTH GREW UP IN DALLAS AND WE MOVED TO AUSTIN BECAUSE IT'S BETTER. SO, UH, I PLEASURE TO SERVE ON THE AIRPORT COMMISSION 'CAUSE I, I'M, MY BACKGROUND'S IN CUSTOMER SERVICE. I STARTED A BUSINESS IN MY DORM CALLED 1-800-CONTACTS, DID THAT FOR 22 YEARS. SO I'M VERY FOCUSED ON KIND OF THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND IF WE THINK OF THE CITY'S CUSTOMERS, THEIR FIRST AND LAST EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY COME TO AUSTIN IS OUR AIRPORT. SO THAT'S WHY I'VE GOT A PASSION FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. MR. BROCK. AND THANK YOU, UH, PICARD HERE. MY WIFE AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF LIVING IN AUSTIN FOR, UH, NEARLY FIVE YEARS. UH, BOTH OUR CHILDREN, UH, WERE BORN HERE IN AUSTIN AND WE DO HAVE A THIRD ON THE WAY COMING IN OCTOBER. SO, HEY CONGRAT, IT'S NEW NEWS TO THIS GROUP. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S FANTASTIC. I IS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MY BACKGROUND HAS BEEN IN STARTUPS AND THE TECHNOLOGY WORLD. UM, FOR SIX YEARS I WAS A LEADER LIFT THE RIDE SHARING COMPANY WHERE ONE OF MY ROLES INCLUDED, UH, STARTING AND SORT OF LANDING THE, UH, AIRPORT BUSINESS FOR THE RIDE SHARING COMPANIES. AND SO I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN SEEING A GREAT GUEST EXPERIENCE TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS CONVENIENT TO BE A WORLD PLA. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BROCK. COMMISSIONER ELLI. I THINK AIRPORTS ARE A FORWARD-LOOKING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT BRINGS GREAT, UH, GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHY I FEEL LUCKY TO BE PART OF THIS COMMISSION. MY BACKGROUND IS, UH, JOURNALISM AND THEN POLITICS. AND, UH, MY DAY JOB IS, UH, CRISIS AND LITIGATION MANAGEMENT. WE NEED YOU NOW. . MY NAME'S DOYLE VALDEZ. I'M ACTUALLY A NATIVE AUSTINITE, PROBABLY A UNICORN HERE, BUT, UH, I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT, UH, I WENT THROUGH AUSTIN, ISD SCHOOLS IN, ALSO RESIDE IN AUSTIN. THIS IS OUR HOME. UM, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND I THINK BY DOING THIS, I, I THINK COULD REALLY HELP, UH, SOME OF MY BACKGROUND THAT I'VE DONE. UH, I I ALSO HAVE A OIL AND GAS BUSINESS AND A, UH, EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS HERE IN AUSTIN. YOU GOT IT, COMMISSIONER. UH, UM, I'VE BEEN THE, UH, I WAS HERE THE FIRST TIME LEARNING HOW TO FLY RF FOURS OFF THE RUNWAYS. ONE, THE ONE GOOD RUNWAY WE HAD. AND, UH, AFTER THAT I RETURNED AND, UH, MAGICALLY BECAME THE WING COMMANDER, WHICH MEANT I WAS IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING, THE MILITARY. AND, UH, THAT WAS AWFUL FUN. AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE BASE AND, UH, I DID SOMETHING KIND OF UNUSUAL, I GUESS THE DAY I, THE DAY I, UH, CAME IN. UH, WHAT I DID WAS I, I, I MADE A STATEMENT IN THE BASE NEWSPAPER, IF YOU HAD A BETTER WAY OF DOING YOUR JOB FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT, NOW'S THE TIME TO TRY IT. AND THIS IS THE PLACE. AND THE PEOPLE TOOK IT UP AND WE CHANGED A LOT OF THINGS IN THE AIR FORCE, WHICH I WAS PROUD OF. I ALSO HAD TO GET A VISIT PHARMA AT LEAST A GENERAL LEVEL EVERY WEEK ALMOST IN DOING THAT. BUT IT WORKED. WERE THEY PULLING YOU BACK OR PUSHING YOU FORWARD? OH YEAH, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. YEAH, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A LOT OF FUN. AND I'VE BEEN THE OPERATIONS MANAGER HERE ON THE, ON THE FIELD AND THAT'S WHY I CAN RELATE THE, UH, SAYING THAT MOST OPERATIONS MANAGERS OF AIRPORTS, UH, UH, RECITE IS IF YOU'VE SEEN ONE AIRPORT, YOU'VE SEEN ONE AIRPORT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. HELLO, MY NAME IS LYNN HENDRICKS. UM, I'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN SINCE 2013, UM, AND I WORK FOR THE LABOR'S INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA. UM, AND, UM, EXTREMELY, UH, INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WORKER SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AT THE AIRPORT WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMM, AND THANKS EVERYBODY FOR INDULGING ME THAT I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU'RE [01:15:01] SERVING WITH, YOU KNOW, SO I APPRECIATE THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF'S GREAT WORK. IT WAS A, IT WAS A, UH, BULKY, UH, MEETING FROM AN AGENDA STANDPOINT WHERE WE GOT THROUGH, THROUGH IT SUCCESSFULLY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TRIMBLE, I'LL SEE YOU IN JULY AND WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN JUNE. THANK. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.